The Leju Holdings (NYSE:LEJU) Share Price Is Up 58% And Shareholders Are Holding On

By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But if you buy good businesses at attractive prices, your portfolio returns could exceed the average market return. For example, Leju Holdings Limited (NYSE:LEJU) shareholders have seen the share price rise 58% over three years, well in excess of the market return (40%, not including dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 14% in the last year.

View our latest analysis for Leju Holdings

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.

During three years of share price growth, Leju Holdings moved from a loss to profitability. So we would expect a higher share price over the period.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

It is of course excellent to see how Leju Holdings has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. If you are thinking of buying or selling Leju Holdings stock, you should check out this FREE detailed report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

Leju Holdings shareholders are up 14% for the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 10% per year, over five years. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. Is Leju Holdings cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.

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